NEWS

(The Starry Messenger [Wyndham’s Theatre], Glengarry Glen Ross [UK tour], Foul Pages [The Hope Theatre], The Greater Game [Southwark Playhouse], A Taste of Honey [The National Theatre], The Comedy of Errors [The National Theatre], Happy [Pentabus], Odd Jobs [Pentabus] , As You Like It [The Lord Chamberlains Men] ) and Theodore Walker will be joining us as our performers for our online workshop and reading of Painecur!

Stay tuned for more details!

DATE ANNOUNCED FOR PAINECUR WORKSHOP AND READING

We are excited to announce that our first online workshop and reading of Painecur will be taking place on the 15th - 16th June via Zoom. Contact us if you want to watch the reading!

MAY 2020

ACE FUNDING

We're very happy to announce that we have received emergency ACE funding, we're excited to get to work on our upcoming projects! Stay tuned for more information!

SUE ON STREAM

Our lovely director, Sue Dunderdale, was on "Live @ 5" with The Space talking about our production of Mad Man Sad Woman, performed at the venue in the Summer of 2017 and all things theatre in lockdown. Thanks so much for having us! You can check it out here:

Our 2017 production of Mad Man Sad Woman, by award winning playwright Juan Radrigán, is now live on our website! We hope it will keep you entertained during this time, and that you are all well and safe. It's also on Scenesaver, where you can donate to us if you wish and are able to!

We are delighted to announce that our planned workshop is going ahead for April 2019. This workshop will be aimed towards actors, writers, directors and all those interested in working with translated text with the potential to showcase at the end of the workshop your new work. We are looking for 10 participants from the 23rd-26th April, the workshop will be held in London at the Cervantes Theatre and King's College London. Email for more details!

JULY 2018

NEW WORK ANNOUNCEMENT

We are delighted to announce that Head For Heights will be bringing back one of our favourite pieces Spider Girls by Luis Barrales, translated by Catherine Boyle, for a workshop aimed at writers, directors and actors interested in translation work. It will be held in January 2019. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to stay updated!

We are delighted that Tomiwa Edun has been casted as Proudhon and Engels. Tomiwa studied at Eton and RADA. TV includes: Lucifer, Merlin.

We are delighted that Robert Mountford has been casted as the Narrator. Robert’s one-man show ‘Vagabonds – My Phil Lynott Odyssey’ has played in Edinburgh, London and Dublin. Other work includes: Betrayal (Salisbury Playhouse), House & Garden (Newbury Watermill, UK Theatre Award Nominee), Anita & Me (Birmingham Rep). Robert has previously worked for the RSC, RNT, in the West End and extensively toured through the UK and USA, he is an Associate Artist at Tara Arts and has regularly featured for Kali Theatre.

TV includes: North Square, One Night, Eastenders, Casualty, Doctors, Reverse Psychology, The World According to Bex, Michael Wood’s Story of India London’s Burning, A&E, Silent Witness and Holby City

We are delighted that Lennox Greaves has been casted as Karl Marx. His extensive theatre experience includes seasons with Alan Ayckbourn’s Scarborough company, appearances in repertory theatre throughout the country and an eight year association with Peter Cheeseman (New Victoria theatre Stoke). He directed for Mountview Academy for seven years and directed nine consecutive Pantomimes for Harrogate Theatre. He was in the National Theatre’s Tour and West End run of The History Boys, and GB Theatre Co’s touring productions of Merry Wives, As you Like It, The Taming of the Shrew and The Tempest. Most recently he appeared in Prague Shakespeare Company’s adaptation of Kafka’s Amerika, played Dad in Alan Bennett’s Untold Stories for The Old Laundry Theatre Bowness, toured with New Perspectives’ production of Tim Elgood’s Unforgettable, and rejoined the National Theatre for David Hare’s The Red Barn.

Television work includes Emmerdale, East Enders, The Bill, Casualty, Wycliffe, Dangerfield, Between the Lines, Stay Lucky, The Locksmith, Blue Money, Aimee, A Master of the Marionettes, Martin Chuzzlewit and Willy Russell’s Our Day Out

We are delighted that Sylvestra Le Touzel has been casted as Jenny Marx. Sylvestra is an actor, writer and director. She has played leading roles at the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, at the Royal Court, at the Almeida Theatre and in the West End). Recent films and television include Armando Ianucci’s DEATH OF STALIN and THE CROWN.

We are delighted to announce that Amy McAllister has been casted as Helene/Eleanor. Most recently, she played Kes in one-person show Scorch (Fringe First, Irish Times Best New Play) at Soho Theatre and on tour for which she won the Summerhall Best Actor award. Other theatre includes Harriet Martineau Dreams of Dancing (Live Theatre), Forever Yours Marie-Lou (Theatre Royal Bath), Hecuba (RSC), Shadow of a Gunman (Abbey Theatre Dublin), and Sons Without Father’s (Arcola Theatre). Amy is currently appearing in the third series of Witless (BBC3). Other TV includes The Great Fire (ITV), Call the Midwife (BBC1), Emmerdale, Holby City, and Doctors. Film includes the Oscar-nominated Philomena and forthcoming romantic comedy The Revengers. She is also a poet and her first collection Are You As Single As That Cream? Is published by Burning Eye Books.

TICKET ANNOUNCEMENT

We are pleased to announce that we have a new work in development! A workshop and performance of prize winning, Chilean dramatist Benjamín Galemiri's play Karl Marx, Year Zero. The rehearsed reading will take place at the 26th of January 2018!

Head for Heights are very pleased to announce that we will be presenting Juan Radrigán'sMad Man Sad Woman in partnership with The Space, translated by Catherine Boyle and directed by Sue Dunderdale. The production will run 20 June - 8 July - casting and further details will be announced soon!

April 2016

PLAYGROUND

Head for Heights company member Karen Morash is presenting her play Playground at theLondon Theatre 28 April-1 May 2016, directed by Jack Paterson.

When it comes to playground politics, it’s hard to tell the grown-ups from the children. Four very different mothers are forced to deal with each other after an incident at the local primary. Meanwhile, building site blunders threaten the rural idyll. Class, parenting styles, and Duplo collide in this slightly surreal look at the systems that keep us in our place.

The play examines everyday English society through the lens of four characters rarely seen on the stage: women who struggle with the day-to-day challenges of motherhood, whilst trying to negotiate tricky social encounters. Funny and dark in equal measure, Playground asks that age old question: why can’t we all just be friends?

There will be a post-show Q&A on Friday, 29 April, for students and writers interested in producing their own work, featuring representatives from Arts Council England, and writers' support agency Spread the Word.

Produced with the generous support of the Goldsmiths Annual Fund, the Goldsmiths Department of Theatre and Performance, and the Goldsmiths Graduate School. OVER 18 only.

We've completed three fantastic days of workshops on Spider Girls, funded by the Arts Council and the King's Cultural Institute. Our participants were wonderful, and worked with voice specialist Joel Trill and movement specialist Guillaume Pige, as well as Head for Heights director Sue Dunderdale to help develop Catherine Boyle's translation. We're now planning for the next stages of the project.

We are excited to announce our new play Beasts, by award winning playwright Juan Radrigán, will be playing at Theatre503 from 30th August to 24th September! Get your tickets now! The cast includes: Carolyn Pickles, Anne Marie Cavanah, Claire Cogan and Sean O'Callaghan